Emma ("Emmuska") Magdolna Rozelia Meria Jozefa Borbela Orczy de Orczi (anglicized to Baroness Emma Magdalena Rosalia Maria Josephina Barbara Orczy, in French -d'Orczy) (September 23, 1865 - November 12, 1947) was a British novelist, playwright and artist of Hungarian origin. She was most notable for her series of novels featuring the Scarlet Pimpernel. Some of her paintings were exhibited at the Royal Academy in London